Blues Women v Chiefs Manawa

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The Chiefs have named their team but then it disappeared from their website. Fluhler is back to play at centre.

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Chiefs Manawa

1 Angel Mulu
2 Luka Connor
3 Tanya Kalounivale
4 Pia Tapsell
5 Harono Te Iringa
6 Victoria Edmonds
7 Les Elder ©
8 Kennedy Simon
9 Arihiana Marino-Tauhinu
10 Kelly Brazier
11 Ruby Tui
12 Carla Hohepa
13 Stacey Fluhler*
14 Portia Woodman
15 Hazel Tubic

Reserves:
16 Grace Houpapa-Barrett
17 Awhina Tangen-Wainohu
18 Santo Taumata
19 Chyna Hohepa
20 Mia Anderson
21 Tynealle Fitzgerald
22 Ariana Bayler
23 Chelsea Semple
24 Renee Wickliffe
25 Langi Veainu

*Denotes Waitomo Chiefs Manawa debutant

Unavailable for selection
Kelsie Wills.

https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/waitomo-chiefs-manawa-named-to-face-blues-in-final-match-of-2022-sky-super-rugby-aupiki

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[Yeetyaah]

Got my tickets. Excited as hell.

[booboo]

That's a handy looking Chiefs backline (if they were playing 7s)

[Bovidae]

Chiefs Manawa lead 8-0 at HT. It would be nice if they could win a lineout!

The rain will be on its way.

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One-way traffic. Chiefs Manawa putting on a clinic. By far the best team in Super Rugby Aupiki.

Having some of the best Black Ferns 7s/XV combo players in the squad helps. Good job from coach Bunting.

[Crucial]

All Chiefs.
Have been lucky enough to have more game time in the comp and lead up but it would also have been weird for Blues to take the trophy after default points.
Hopefully next year we get a better comp because this has been entertaining.
Also hopefully the Selectors for the RWC has seen what they need.

[Yeetyaah]

Christ what was the penalty count? Never had a doubt that Manawa would win.

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@yeetyaah said in Blues Women v Chiefs Manawa:

Christ what was the penalty count?

The number of penalties has been a theme across all of the games. Discipline will be something that the Black Ferns will need to work on because we know what the likes of England and France will do when they can kick to the corner.

Never had a doubt that Manawa would win.

[booboo]

Why only 35 minute halves? (You can tell I haven't watched many ... any ... hames prior.)

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@booboo

Rolling subs, 25-strong squads and 35-minute halves were some of the adjustments in the name of player welfare due to the Covid-19 disruptions in the delayed build-up to this inaugural competition.

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@stargazer said in Blues Women v Chiefs Manawa:

One-way traffic. Chiefs Manawa putting on a clinic. By far the best team in Super Rugby Aupiki.

Having some of the best Black Ferns 7s/XV combo players in the squad helps. Good job from coach Bunting.

I'm at 42 mins ... and against 13 and a 6 player scrum with both starting props on the pine ... it should be one way traffic.

Enjoyed it so far and Chiefs Manawa the beteter team till now regardless of cards.

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I've quite rated the ref so far too. Well in control. Can't really identify any area I've thought she's got wrong.

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@booboo said in Blues Women v Chiefs Manawa:

I've quite rated the ref so far too. Well in control. Can't really identify any area I've thought she's got wrong.

Yeah. Maintain ref was good.

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@booboo said in Blues Women v Chiefs Manawa:

I've quite rated the ref so far too. Well in control. Can't really identify any area I've thought she's got wrong.

The second YC was a bit baffling.

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@crucial said in Blues Women v Chiefs Manawa:

@booboo said in Blues Women v Chiefs Manawa:

I've quite rated the ref so far too. Well in control. Can't really identify any area I've thought she's got wrong.

The second YC was a bit baffling.

That was a terrible decision.

[African Monkey]

@yeetyaah 25-9 in favour of the Chiefs.

Wasn't a fan of the way the breakdown gets reffed in the women games. As @Bovidae said, the defensive team always get favoured at breakdown when a lot of the time they don't even allow the ball to get released, on top of players not even supporting their bodyweight, hence the massive penalty counts and it really stunts the flow of these games.

Other than that, I thought it was a decent enough tournament and when there wasn't a penalty blown every 2 seconds, the Chiefs looked very good. Well done to them.